Effect of dietary lactoferrin on the immune functions and serum iron level of weanling piglets

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2140-2146

  Shan, T ^a   Wang, Y ^a,a   Liu, J ^a   Xu, Z ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Growth performance; Immune function; Lactoferrin; Serum iron; Weanling piglet

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IRON; LACTOFERRIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZATION; SPLEEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPLEEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

SUIDAE;

EID: 34548301076     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-754     Document Type: Article

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